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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WILLIAM C. VOGEL, OF HARTLEY, IOWA.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,426, dated October 28, 1902. Application filed February 4, 1902. Serial No. 92,573. (No soda.)

To all whom it ntaty concern.-

Beitknown that LWILLIAM O.VoeEL,acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartley, in the county of OBi'ien-and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification. v

Myinventionis animprovementin buttons; and it relates more especially to that class of collar and cuff buttons which have a shoe pivoted to the end of the shank for the purpose of facilitating the operation of passing said shoe through the buttonhole.

The object of my invention is to provide a button of this particular character with means 7 by which the pivoted shoe may be more easily turned against the shank for passing it through the buttonhole and for holding said shoe in this position and at right angles with the shank.

The following specification enters into a detail description of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters thereon which designate the different parts, and what I claim as new in the construction and combination is more particularly set forth in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation enlarged, illustrating a button construct ed in accordance with invention, the pivoted shoe being in its normal position. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the shoe turned against the shank. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4.- 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

In carrying out my invention the shank of the button is made in two parts, one carried by the head and the other by the shoe and slidable upon each other, so that the shoe may have a movement away from the head to provide for turning the same, and a spring is interposed for the purpose of bringing the shoe to llZSdlOI'lIltl position, the peculiar construction of the parts providing means by which the shoe willbe held in its two posi- Refer'rin'g to said the head of the button, which may be plain or of any fanciful design, the said head being provided with a hollow shank a, beveled at one drawings, A designates side of its outer end, as shown, and provided with a cap at, having a slot 0. therein, as shown in Fig. 4. B designates the shoe, which has pivoted thereto a shank or bar b, said shank or bar being adapted to slide within the hollow shank a. That end of the shank or bar I) to which the shoe is pivoted is fiattened, while the other end thereof is round and provided at its terminus with a cap or head I), the latter fitting somewhat snugly in the hollow shank a in which it slides. The shank or bar I) is pivoted between lugs c c on the shoe, the said lugs having projections c, with beveled or inclined surfaces, for the purpose hereinafter explained.

Located within the hollow shank a and encircling the shank or barb is a helical spring (1, interposed between the cape on shank a and the cap or head I) on shank or bar I).

The object of this spring is to return the shoe to its normal position against the outer end of the shank a,the said spring being compressed when the shank or bar 17 is drawn out of the shank a for the purpose of turning the shoe upon its pivot.

The advantages of a cuff or collar button provided with a pivoted shoe over one having a rigid shoe are well known; but it often happens that the parts which are connected by the button fill the space between the head and shoe to such an extent as to make it very difficult to turn the shoe. By providing the extensible shank and construction herein shown and described this difiiculty is overcome, as the shoe is permitted to be moved farther away from the head before turning the same, and when turned the shoe will rest upon the end of the hollow shank and be held by the action of the spring while it is being passed through the buttonhole, and after it is passed through the buttonhole and turned it will be drawn by the spring against the end of the hollow shank and held in place. The beveled engaging surfaces of the shoe and shank serve to hold the shoe more firmly in its normal position, Figs. 1 and 2, by requiring greater pressure to turn said shoe upon its pivot. It will be noted, therefore, that a cuff or collar button constructed in accordance with my invention possesses peculiar advantages over the ordinary pivoted shoe-button, and as it is simple in construction can be manufactured at very little additional cost.

It will be noted that the outward movement of the shoe and its shank or bar is limited by the head on said shank or bar engaging the cap on the outer end of the hollow shank of the head of the button and that the strength of the spring is such as to hold the shoe firmly against the hollow shank.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a cuff or collarbutton, the combination, of the head A,provided with a hollow shank a, a cap on the shank having a slot and beveled at one side to form inclined surfaces; a pivoted shoe 13 having a pivoted shank or bar b and projecting lugs c with inclined surfaces adapted to engage the inclined surfaces of the aforesaid cap; together with a helical spring mounted within the hollow shank a on the bar 1) between a cap at the end of said bar and the cap at the outer end of the hollow shank; whereby the shoe may be moved away from the end of the shank and turned and when moved against the shank will be held securely by the spring and by the parts it connects.

a In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C. VOGEL. Witnesses:

M. B. ALLEN, DELL SMITH. 

